CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. I65 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One specimen taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring. 



244. Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferniginea Brunn. 1764. 

 Occasional in Eastern North America and Alaska. 



Very rare in Nova Scotia One purchased on Halifax market. 

 {Downs.) Seen at Halifax in October 1864. {Gilpin.) I had the 

 good fortune to capture a male in full breeding plumage, the 

 only one seen, at Point Barrow, on June 6th, 1883. It was in com- 

 pany with a good sized flock of Tringa maculata. {Murdoch^ 



Mr. J. H. Fleming of Toronto, Ontario writes that Mr. Ernest 

 Seton-Thompson identified a specimen in the old Toronto Gun 

 Club as this species. The bird was taken at Toronto. 



LXXXV. EURYNORHYNCHUS Nilsson. 1821. 



245. Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



Eurynorhynchus pygmmus (Linn.) Pearson. 1836. 



Accidental on the coast of Alaska. The presence of this 

 little Sandpiper in the list of Birds of Alaska is due to the cap- 

 ture of a single specimen at Chloris Peninsula, during the sum ■ 

 mer of 1849 by the captain of the British ship Plover. Chloris 

 Peninsula is a sandy spit which extends out into the head of 

 Kotzebue Sound and is covered with pools of water. (Nelson.) 



LXXXVI. EREUNETES Illiger. 1811. 



—246. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Eremutes pusillus (Linn.) Cass. i860. 



A common fall migrant along the whole Atlantic coast and 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. In Quebec and Ontario it is equally abun- 

 dant as a migrant, and also in Manitoba and westward, at least 

 as far as the Rocky Mountains. 



In the spring of 1892 Mr. W. Spreadborough found the first 

 birds at Indian Head, Assa., on May i6th. He remained there 

 until July 1st and they were still there, so that he believes they 

 breed there. On May 25th, 1895, ^ P'^i'' was seen at a pool on 

 the prairie near Old Wives Lake and later, on June 6th, a large 



